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Taiping Civil War
Massive rebellion in China that endded in 1864 resulting in the fall of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom -
Self Strengthening Movement or Westernization
Was a period of institutional reforms that initiated in china during the late Quing Dynasty after the disasters of the opium wars. -
Boxer Rebellion
The boxer rebellion was an anti foreign, anti-colonial and anti-christian uprising in China that ended in 1901 towards the end of the Qing Dynasty -
Double Tenth
It was a consequence of the gocernment loss of military forces, following a rebellion due to people discontent over the goverment, achieving an independent Beijing and the creation of a chinese republic. -
GMD
Sun Yatsen created the GMD as a party, Yuan Shikai became the first president of the "Chinese Republic" -
Yuan Shikai death and end of the first republic period
Also known as the warlord era, after Yuan Shikai death ther was no leader popular enough to get Chinese people loyalty so the collaps of the central government in Beijing began and the GMD became a rival government in Guangsho. -
May 4th Movement
It was a movement performed mostly by students with the objective to change and rebirth China -
Emerge of the CCP
Ater the events of the May 4th movement a new political party was created called the CCP leadered by Mao Zedong with the only objective of rebirth China, inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution. -
First United Front
Had as an objective to erradicate the warlords in order for China to be free for modernization. -
Shanghai Massacre
Also known as the white terror or April 12 Incident, was a violent suppression of the communist in China, leadered by Chiang Kaishek and his army
